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John Simpson (North Carolina)
John, Johnny, or Jock Simpson may refer to: Politicians * John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see Thomas Kelsey *John Simpson (Kentucky politician) (died 1813), American attorney and politician *John Simpson (MP for Wenlock) (1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock * John Simpson (Lower Canada politician) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec *John Simpson (Niagara politician) (1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician * John Simpson (Ontario politician) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada *Sir John Hope Simpson (1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India * John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician *John Thomas Simpson (1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons * John Simpson (died 1803), British member of parliament for Mitchell *John Simpson (Kansas politician) (born 1934), former Kansas State Senator Cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simpson (Parliamentarian)
John, Johnny, or Jock Simpson may refer to: Politicians *John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see Thomas Kelsey *John Simpson (Kentucky politician) (died 1813), American attorney and politician *John Simpson (MP for Wenlock) (1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock *John Simpson (Lower Canada politician) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec *John Simpson (Niagara politician) (1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician *John Simpson (Ontario politician) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada *Sir John Hope Simpson (1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India *John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician *John Thomas Simpson (1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons *John Simpson (died 1803), British member of parliament for Mitchell *John Simpson (Kansas politician) (born 1934), former Kansas State Senator Cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Palgrave Simpson
John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), commonly referred to as "Palgrave Simpson", was a Victorian playwright. He wrote more than fifty pieces in a variety of genres, including dramas, comedies, operas, and spectacles, between 1850 and 1885. Simpson also published novels, travel books and journalistic commentaries. He served as secretary of the Dramatic Authors' Society from 1868 to 1883. He is buried in St Thomas's Roman Catholic cemetery in Fulham. Biography John Palgrave Simpson was born on 13 June 1807 in Norwich, the second of the six children of William and Katherine Simpson. His father was town clerk of Norwich and treasurer of the county of Norfolk. Simpson was educated by private tutors and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. in 1829 and M.A. in 1832. When he completed his studies, his parents encouraged him to enter the priesthood; instead, for the next fifteen years he traveled on the Continent, mainly living in Germany, at his father's expen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simpson (footballer, Born 1933)
John Lionel Simpson (5 October 1933 – 7 December 1993) was an English football goalkeeper. He spent fifteen years playing for Gillingham, for whom he holds the all-time record for the most matches played in the Football League. Career Simpson began his professional career with Lincoln City, having been spotted playing for Netherfield in the Lancashire Combination but only managed five first-team appearances for the Sincil Bank club before Gillingham snapped him up in the summer of 1957 for just £750. For the next fifteen years he was the Gills' first-choice goalkeeper, helping them win the Fourth Division championship in the 1963–64 season, during which he let in just 30 goals, a club record which stood until 1995–96. He won the Kent side's Player of the Year award in consecutive seasons (1969–70, 1970–71). Such was his standing at the club Chairman Clifford Grossmark was reported to have commented regarding interest from other clubs that "John Simpson’s value t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simpson (footballer, Born 1918)
John Simpson (27 October 1918 – 21 June 2000) was an English-born association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football)#Full back, left back in The Football League in the 1940s and 1950s. After playing as an amateur for Hull City F.C., Hull City reserves, he started his league career with Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town and then moved to York City F.C., York City, first playing for them in 1947–48 Football League, 1947–48. He went on to play over 200 games for the Minstermen. He retired through injury in 1954. During the war, John was in the Army Physical Training Corps and guested for Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic F.C., Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth, Southampton F.C., Southampton, Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient, Aldershot F.C., Aldershot and Leeds United F.C., Leeds United. After a spell out of the game, he spent 9 years coaching at Hull City F.C., Hull City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock Simpson
John Robert Simpson (25 December 1886 – 4 January 1959) was a footballer who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. Career Club Simpson's footballing career began with Laurieston Villa, and after a trial with Rangers, he signed for Falkirk in 1905. The club finished runners-up in the Scottish Football League twice during his six-year spell ( 1907–08 and 1909–10), and he scored over 100 league goals, sometimes playing at centre forward, including 32 from 33 appearances in 1907–08, the highest total in the country. In January 1911, Simpson moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1800, a record fee received by a Scottish club. Whilst he was at Ewood Park, they won the Football League First Division title in 1911–12 and 1913–14.Profile at Spartacus Educational He made a total of 151 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simpson (British Nuclear Physicist)
John Simpson (born 23 March 1958) is a British nuclear physicist. He is known for his work in gamma-ray spectroscopy and detector design. He was Head of Technology, Division of Technology Department. and was Head of the Nuclear Physics Group at STFC Daresbury Laboratory. He is a visiting professor of physics at the University of Liverpool. Biography Simpson was educated at University of Liverpool (BSc(Hons) Physics Class 1, 1979) and the University of Liverpool (PhD, 1983). In 2016, he was awarded the Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics. The award recognizes distinguished research in nuclear physics or nuclear technology. The award citation reads, "For his outstanding leadership in the development of new detector technologies and systems for experimental nuclear physics research within the UK and Europe, and for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei, especially in revealing new properties of nuclei at the limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Simpson
John Alexander Simpson (November 3, 1916 – August 31, 2000) was an American physicist and science educator. He was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications, most notably as a principal founder of the ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists'' and a long-time member of the organizations Board of Sponsors.'' Eugene N. Parker'', National Academies Press"John Alexander Simpson BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS" Visited 10 February 2020. He is known for inventions such as the gas flow α-particle proportional counter (for measuring plutonium yields in the presence of high intensity fission products), and the neutron monitor, and for having several of the instruments he created launched into space.''Pearce Wright'', The Guardian"John Simpson" Thursday 14 September 2000. Visited on August the 28th, 2010. Simpson spent his career as an instructor and researcher for the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simpson (lexicographer)
John Simpson (born 13 October 1953) is an English lexicographer and was Chief Editor of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') from 1993 to 2013. Life John Simpson was born in Cheltenham, where his father was employed at GCHQ, and attended Dean Close School. He gained a BA in English Literature at the University of York in 1975 and an MA in Medieval Studies at the University of Reading in 1976. He is married with two daughters and two granddaughters, and lives in Cheltenham. Career Simpson joined the editorial staff of the ''OED'' in 1976 to work on the ''Supplement to the OED''. He was Co-Editor of the Second Edition of the ''OED'', published in 1989, and in 1993 was appointed Chief Editor, a position he held until his retirement in October 2013. As Chief Editor, he led the first comprehensive revision of the ''OED'' and oversaw the introduction of its online version. Simpson is a member of the English Faculty at the University of Oxford, an Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wistar Simpson
John Wistar Simpson (25 September 1914 – January 4, 2007) was an electrical engineer, who made significant contributions to the development of the nuclear energy. Biography He was born in 1914 in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. He joined Westinghouse in 1937 and, earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1941. He was a close associate of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, known as the father of the nuclear Navy. Simpson took a two-year leave of absence from Westinghouse in 1946 to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where they applied nuclear energy to the generation of power. When he returned to Westinghouse he became responsible for research and development of nuclear energy generation at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. He was deeply involved in the design and construction of the first submarine atomic power plant in the USS ''Nautilus'' (SSN-571). In the late 1950s, he organized the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory, with a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baird Simpson
Dr John Baird Simpson FRSE FGS (January 14, 1894 – June 28, 1960), was a Scottish geologist. He was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1950-52 and was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1954. Life Simpson was born on the Glenferness estate near Ardclach, Nairnshire, the son of Thomas Simpson, the estate manager. After schooling at Nairn Academy, he went to the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with a BSc in Agriculture, in 1914. At the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Royal Engineers, and was later commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders. He was wounded, and badly gassed, during active service in France. He returned to civilian life in 1918, and resumed his studies at the University of Aberdeen later that year, graduating in 1920 with a degree in Pure Science, with special distinction in Geology. Later in 1920, he was appointed to the field staff of the Geological Survey in Scotland. He was promoted to Senior Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's second-oldest university, after the University of Otago, itself founded four years earlier in 1869. Its original campus was in the Christchurch Central City, but in 1961 it became an independent university and began moving out of its original neo-gothic buildings, which were re-purposed as the Christchurch Arts Centre. The move was completed on 1 May 1975 and the university now operates its main campus in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam. The university is well known for its Engineering and Science programmes, with its Civil Engineering programme ranked 9th in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2021). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
